According the Faculty Senate Constitution, the Executive Committee shall be composed of the speaker, vice-speaker, immediate past speaker, secretary, treasurer and three additional members elected annually by the Faculty Senate from its membership. Committee members shall serve from May 1 of the elected year to April 30 of the following year. The Executive Committee shall act for the Faculty Senate for the purpose of making nominations of faculty members to serve on University and System Committees. Nominations for such committees will be subject to approval of the Faculty Senate at any regular or special meeting.
Cleo Bentley - Speaker clbentley@pvamu.edu
Seab Smith - Vice Speaker sasmith@pvamu.edu
Clement Glenn - Parliamentarian ceglenn@pvamu.edu
Lisa Hobson - Secretary ldhobson@pvamu.edu
Wynetta McMullin - Assistant Secretary wamcmullin@pvamu.edu
Angela Branch-Vital - Senator At-Large ALBranch-Vital@pvamu.edu
Douglas Butler - Senator At-Large dmbutler@pvamu.edu
William Vetter - Senator At-Large wvvetter@pvamu.edu
Committee on Faculty Development. This committee is charged with the preparation of detailed written reports on the progress of faculty development of the university, shall assess the implication of the programs designed for this purpose, and shall make recommendations to the Senate regarding the priorities for staff development.
This committee shall be responsible for recommending standards and procedures for granting tenure and promotion. The committee shall also make recommendations to the president on tenure policy.
The committee shall also serve as an advisory committee on due process complaints of faculty when requested by a faculty member or the President of the University. In such cases, the committee’s investigations and findings shall be confidential and may be reported only to the complainant or the President. The committee may recommend a formal due process hearing or other appropriate action.
This committee shall be a standing committee charged with representing the interests of the faculty to the University Facilities Committee.
The purview of this committee includes, but is not restricted to, such areas as planning of instructional or research buildings, access to buildings by faculty and students, security of buildings, allocation and use of parking areas, and development and enforcement of the traffic regulations. The chairperson of this committee shall be elected from its membership and shall serve a one-year term.
(1) All standing committees’ reports, except those restricted by confidentiality, shall be duplicated and distributed to all members of the Senate in advance of the date of the report’s consideration.
(2) The Chairperson of the Senate shall receive and file duplicate copies of each Senate Committee’s report, one of which may be borrowed by any committee of the Senate.
This committee shall be elected by the Faculty Senate from its own members. This committee, subject to approval by the Faculty Senate, shall nominate appropriate individuals from the faculty to serve on any university-wide committee.
Various committees formed as needed.
